BEING A ROCK GOD (IT'S EASY ONCE YOU KNOW HOW)

Ever wondered what it was like being a Rock God? Well, get yourself a cup of tea, make yourself comfortable and read this ‘ere blog. It’s great basically. You should do it. I did it on Friday at the UK Air Guitar Championships. Doing the radio and telly is great and...

FREDDIE MERCURY

My all-time hero, just beating Stan Laurel and constantly jostling for the top spot with my Mum, is Freddie Mercury. I love Elvis, John Lennon, had a brief liaison with Jim Morrison and got a huge man crush on Jarvis Cocker but for me Freddie Mercury was and still is...

MEETING YOUR HEROES HOUSE

I’m very lucky in my job to meet the rich and famous, the glamorous and the glitzy and Paul Daniels. For example, yesterday I touched the Sugababes and avoided arrest. I didn’t squeeze any bottoms but in retrospect, I wish I had, as I think I would have got away with...

I PREDICT A RIOT

It’s been hard to take in the events of this week and understand how and why it’s happening. There’s the immediate shock of the event itself, the aftermath played out in the media and the reaction from the communities affected and then we finally see some genuine...

IT'S ALL ABOUT ME

Yes, I know what’s on your mind, ‘What the hell is that Guy Lloyd up to?’ Well, thanks for asking and here I am to explain. On the radio front, we’ve had some great guests of late, including the always entertaining and slightly cheeky Will Young, new artist Emeli...

AMY

I was so sad to hear the news of Amy Winehouse’s death over the weekend. I was a huge fan of her and her music and when the news broke on Saturday, I was genuinely shaken by it. We knew she had problems, we feared the inevitable tragic ending for a precarious, fragile...